I'm really late to the tumblr scene... but I think I like it. For some reason it relieves some of the stress and pressure that comes when I try to decide if something is worthy or appropriate for my DA or portfolio site, and I can just throw stuff up on it. So I've been slowly dumping artwork on it... I've collected quite a bit the last 3 years... haha.

Gonna get to the point - I'm selling A-kon trinket leftovers~~ :> They're the same ones' I featured in a previous journal, with some minor adjustments and additions. Sales from this are going to go into getting our comic company off the ground~ <3 We have Under Lock and Key and Without Void printings planned, and we need some money to get that started! Continue reading if you'd like to buy something, if not, you can stop now.

How to Buy

Below I will list the items and an example of each, and my current inventory. In order to secure an item, send me a NOTE (replys to this journal will not be classified as orders) with the subject "BUYINGS!" Exactly like that. :0 Otherwise I may skip over it temporarily while I handle shipping and taking care of orders. In your note, list the item, or items you'd like to buy, your shipping address, and payment method. If I have them in stock, I will respond with payment information and add you to the list in this journal. As soon as I receive the payment, I will mail it! Please allow me a little bit of time to update the journal and reply to notes. <3 I have work and sleepies to catch up on, but I will try to keep this post as updated as possible. For payment I accept the following: Paypal, cash, check, money order There is a 2$ S&H fee for any purchase. <3

SUMMARY

NOTE: Subject title as "BUYINGS!" INCLUDE: What you're buying, Shipping address, how you'll be paying. PAYMENT: Paypal, cash, check, money order SHIPPING: Costs 2$ <3 DO NOT: Send me payment till you see your name in this journal and get a confirmation note from me. <3 OK. ON WITh THE GOODS!!!

nJoo is holding an awesome bi-weekly 2D contest where you can earn 50$ and some pretty cooooooool rocks. <3 I want some rocks, I don't know about you. Go check it out!! Official contest information is on his journal here >> njoo.deviantart.com/journal/18…

Comics!!

j 3j There will be copies of Under Lock and Key for sale at Akon! And naturally we'll be selling any leftovers we have here. These are just small handmade copies that we've made for the special occassion, not the official prints that we will be making soon. <3 There will also be copies of Without Void, which is another comic that I haven't mentioned all too much, but will be talking a lot about soon. 8D vert-is-ninja has the most info up currently, so if you haven't heard of it, go check out her page. Check them out on Tessa's journal >> vert-is-ninja.deviantart.com/j…

Fugging Tassels

Ok, so, lets all laugh at my pain for a moment. When I decided to make bookmarks with tassels and little paper stars, my brain obviously failed its multiplication tables, because I didn't quite... PREPARE myself. For what, you ask? For the sheer, ungodly amount of tassels I would have to be making to have a decent amount to supply of each character. The numbers are horrific. I really don't know if I will make enough in time, but you can assume that from now until Friday (and possibly through any spare moments in the con), that i will be a tassel constructing machine.

Today was my first real day of manufacturing con goods, and I started with some bookmarks, because aside from prints, they seemed easiest. They're printed and then laminated so they won't fold or bend, and hopefully stand the test of time. Because I am anal I would hate it if a corner bent or anything on one of my bookmarks, so I wanted something kindof sturdy. I handmade each of the tassels from embroidery floss, and embellished each with a paper-crafted star. <3 I wasn't sure if they would look all that great, because I can't sew for bananas so how the hell do i make a tassle??? You-tube fortunately made it possible for the sewing impaired to make some basic tassels. Here's some detail shots. <3 I'm not sure how many I will be making, I'm nervous about how well they'll sell, and I don't know how many tassels I will be able to make in time. BUT! I will be selling any leftovers here. <3 So hopefully you guys will help me out if I make too many. o_<

Sorry about the delay on these... I've... got about 5 now, and I'm still struggling to figure out what to do for them, and trying to find the time. Akon is coming up SO FAST. SO NOT PREPARED AUGH. *DIES*

Ok WOW that went... really... fast.. And I don't know how this happened but I got like 3 ppl with a screencap. ; 3; HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN!! So congrats tooooo... sephirosimmortalRenginTumerLouisDelacroix I think that's it. I'm trying to decide what to do. Last time I had a multicap I integrated two requests into one image, but 3 is a little more tricky!! I would probably hurt myself trying to mesh that together into one - not that the challenge isn't appreciated, but I worry for the quality of the image. :d Hahahaa. SO. I'm gonna be gettin with you guys to figure out what works best. Expect some notes from me!

A-kon

I did manage to secure a table for A-kon!! So I hope to be seeing some of you there. I will be selling prints, buttons, bookmarks, and any other small and interesting things I can fabricate for your enjoyment. Suggestions are welcome!! Oh yes, we'll also be selling copies of Under Lock & Key. (including the finished 4th chapter???) <3

So I'm finally mustering up the guts to actually try and get an artist table at a con....but I'm having a problem. Since the closest con to me is A-kon, and it's actually relatively large, I figure I'd go with that. In the past, I've watched and considered tables, and they usually go on sale at the first of the year... but this year I can't find any info!! Does anyone know anything about when tables will go on sale for A-kon? Or have any special tips or secrets to getting a table? Do I have to know people?? I'm getting really nervous that I won't be able to get one because time till the con is rapidly ticking away... :C

Mostly I just needed to get that ancient post off my front page. I apologize for the lackage of DA updatins and keeping-up-withs in the past months. I'd say it were going to get better now, but that'd probably be a lie. I'll update when I can but I will be a little slow on notes and comments. <3 I also apologize for the halt in commission progress. ; o; I haven't forgotten you all, I swear. SOON I SHALL SAY WHAT'S BEEN OCCUPYING ME. Oh, and it'll feel oh soo good. D< Have a merry merry holiday, and a spankin' new year. 08's gonna rooock.

If I'm a little less active here in the coming weeks, it's because i'm MOVING OMG. I am moving in with to the shibbiest apartment I have yet to see. I have such big plans for my new place. I'm going to have an actual ART ROOM. Instead of drawing on my bed, my lap, or on a tiny console table. I am so excited. ; 3; Also is visiting next week! 8D Sorry about delay on commissions. I have not forgotten you. <3 PS: Eyeshield21 is. the awesomest comic evar. and I don't even like football. Hiruma is my HERO.

Coz I'm a copycat! And I had so much fun reading about other artists, I thought I'd join in the fun. Stolen from and , who both rock socks.

List 10 things about your art.</b>

I. I started drawing because of Sonic. At first it was the game. The Genesis was my first system that was in English, and I played the crap out of it, and Sonic was my favorite game. Sonic, and soon Tails and Knuckles were all I drew. Inevitably I soon got into the Archie comics, and became obsessed with them as well. Through a good portion of my elementary school years and probably even middle school, I had never even attempted to draw people. I drew little Sonic comics, and dreamed of being a Sonic comic book artist someday. I wanted that SO BAD. II. Both of my parents were artists. They both graduated from CalArts, and while they are BOTH AMAZING, don't make livings off of their art. I grew up hearing constantly. "DONT BE AN ARTIST. You'll never make money." Of course, at the same time, they were always extremely encouraging when I did draw, and are still extremely encouraging to this day, as I am making a living as an artist. III. Once I did decide I was going to make a living off of being an artist, my first love was 2D animation. Hopes were dashed on the rocks when I applied to CalArts and was DENIED. D'oh.... but it was good, coz I was really crap. So looking back I would have denied me too. It ended up sending me along this path, which I wouldn't change for the world. So I'm glad it happened. IV. My sister and I have been drawing together for just about as long as I can remember. I know there's always some friendly competition between us, which has always been my biggest drive to improve. I also note, it always has disgusted how she can still kick my ass despite being 3 years younger (don't refute this). V. I consider myself better at taking an idea and running with it, instead of coming up with the ideas. I've always questioned my creativity, probably because I grew up with such a damned amazingly creative person. VI. My creation process changes just about every time I do a new piece. If I'm not trying something new, I get bored with the piece because I can't make myself like it. VII. I went through a horrendously anime phase while I was in high school. Not even the good anime. The anatomically retarded sort. I wouldn't know what a real body structure looked like if it beat me over the head. VIII. So much of my art is inspired from roleplaying, which makes me a gigantic dork, but I embrace that. IX. When I start drawing the face, the first thing I draw is the eyebrow. WEIRD huh? X. While in college I sort of got brainwashed into the whole,... figure needs to be where you can see all of it, full body, generically standing around.... thing. By my mind alone, more than likely. A lot of what I'm doing now is a conscious effort to fight that. THAR. I am sorda long winded. O_o I was running out of interesting things.

It was time for some changes up in here. XD Fiddling around with a new journal, because I was tired of the old one, and changed my icon... because I was tired of the old one. No real reason!! THIS ONE HAS A BEE IN IT. Three really.... I guess if you want to get technical, It's a pokemans. I was getting jealous of everyone having such shibby journals, and mine looking so... uh. Sloppy. I also took the moment to organize my commission info a bit further. :] Thanks to everyone who's been so encouraging and stuff as I fight through this art identity crisis. ; 3; I've been feeling a bit better about the subject, and I no longer see my gallery and feel embarrassed about it. I'm learning lots doing the speedpaints and commissions too so I feel like at least I'm headed in the right direction. Which is all we can really ask of ourselves, rite? I like the word shibby today. Luvs luvs <3 Fay

My art feels so stale. I feel like i reuse compositions, angles, and elements way too much in my art. More importantly, I feel like my style is drifting down a direction that I'm not too comfortable with. Is my stuff too anime? Sometimes I feel like it is. Not that it's a disrespectable thing... the reason my art drifts toward it now is because I obviously like it, and a lot of my influences come from it, but I don't want MY art to look like it. I used to be fairly confident that my style was unique enough to stand out, but I'm starting to feel like I'm losing that edge...

This is just insecure ramblings, not a plea for flattery or anything. Just the musings of an artist that's in the same place I think we've all been several times. I'll probably be doing a few extreme works in the near future to try and figure out what I need to make my artwork feel fresh again. I've gotten a few good suggestions, and I may try them out.

Ok, Photoshop is doin' something really lame. And I'm sure it's my fault. I fudge with the color profile of my monitor this weekend trying to get a dual screen system to work, but ended up not keeping it, and put all my settings back to normal (or so I thought).

I've been working in Photoshop and kinda noticed my color palette was a bit duller than usual, but I sorda brushed it off and chocked it up to my eyes being funny (HAH). But it turns out I WAS RIGHT. When I save for web, it picks up its usual perky and bright colors. Except since I was trying to make up for the dullness in the first place, it's even more gay and rainbowtastic than I intended (which is not always bad).

SEE!

STILL, I'd kinda like to be able to see the colors I put down be the colors that people will be seeing in the end.

Someone please help me, I am a color profile retard. 8 ^8 What do I need to do??

Thank you so much for all the discussion and suggestion on costume ideas. I'm TOTALLY in love with the idea of going as Toph from Avatar. I'm thinking I might just go as Miss Swan for Halloween because I'll be more easily recognizable, and do Toph for AKon. I are thinking ahead. O_<

ANYWHOO. To the topic at hand. I'm changing a minor detail in how I do commissions. <3 This probably won't effect most of you, but instead of going through them in order, I'm going to do them more or less at random. Because sometimes I can sketch things but I don't have access to a computer to paint. So it'd just seem more efficient to not restrict myself to an order, so I can work on multiple pieces at a time, just at varying stages. I think this will speed things up in general.

So with that being said. Waiting list go poof. *POOF*

This only effects you if you haven't sent me commission details yet. ^_^ Naturally, if you've already given me information, this means I can get started whenever I want, and will give you a better chance at having it completed earlier. It's not necessary, because if I do get to yours and don't have any info, I'll just ask.

Also, I'll keep track of what I'm working on and what various stages they're at in my journal.

So I'm determined to not be ill-prepared for Halloween this year, like I am EVERY SINGLE YEAR. I've always wanted to cosplay something, so this is a good excuse. I only have one problem.

I have no idea WHAT.

Hahahahah. It's almost a case of there being so many possibilities I don't even know where to start. Being from a game company I feel like I should pay some sort of respects and go as a game character, but my BRAIN IS FARTING I can't think of anything. :<

I've always wanted to do a cosplay of Aika. But sweet lawd the HAIR. ; 3; That's more than I could take on my first try, I think. I need something a little simpler. I also thought about Ms Swan from Pirates, because I am a pirate as well, and here here to all pirates. I just worry that I don't really have the right face shape to pull that off. Her face is so much taller than mine.

Anyone have any suggestions? I know there are more awesome girls out there that I just can't seem to think of. I'm seriously just braindead tonight.

UPDATE!: Holy crud! Commissions are closed now. Even though I said I wouldn't take a waiting list, I'm accepting all who noted me last night, since I wasn't awake to make an update and let you guys know it was closed. <3

Soooo ... I'm feeling incredibly ambitious at the moment, and want to open up commissions again. I'm really trying to save up some, and I really do enjoy doing artwork for people when I can. It makes me really happy when people like the result, and I very much enjoy the challenge of capturing other people's characters.

I will provide a disclaimer though. Because I do have a job, it may take me a while to get to your commission. If your looking for something quickly, please state so specifically in your request, and I will try to determine if it's something that's within my capabilities. Sketches, or not-illustration commissions will naturally be quicker, and I can fire those off much more rapidly. ;D

I'm only accepting 5 at a time, so as soon as 5 slots are filled, they will be closed until I finish one and another slot opens up. I prefer not to make waiting lists, because they tend to be overwhelming and I get intimidated easily. :<

Note me with your request if you're interested in reserving a spot!

Also, if you had a commission from before, and are still interested, your spot will remain on top of new requests. I've sent you a confirmation email as well.

So here are my current prices. They haven't changed much since the last time.

DIGITAL*black and white lineart ..........................................20$color character portrait (bust) ...............................25$color character (full body).....................................40$coloured illustration(varies with the complexity)......60$each extra character is ..........................................15$

REAL MEDIA**sketch ..................................................................15$black and white inks .............................................25$color character portrait (bust) ...............................35$color character (full body).....................................55$coloured illustration(varies with the complexity)......80$each extra character is ..........................................20$

EXTRASshipping real media original ...................................FREEprint and ship digital to USA or Canada..................5$print and ship digital outside of US/Canada ...........7$

*digital works include recieving a high res PSD or JPG for personal printing.**real media works include receiving a copy of the original and are usually done with markers/colorpencils on sturdy bristol.***i reserve the right to sell prints of your commission, but only at cons. credit will be given to you for the intellectual property.

PAYMENTI don't ask for the money until after I've completed the commission, since I may take a while. I accept Paypal, but also cashier's checks, money orders, and cash, via the good old snail mail. :>

I apologize for the lack of well... everything lately. The lack of deviations, the lack of comic, the lack of general updates and commenting. Thank you all for the favs and watches and such lovely comments while I was gone. You're all too sweet.

The past couple months have been a blur. I've been incredibly wrapped up in work for multiple reasons, but one of which is possibly the best reason I could ever ever possibly imagine. I can't say what it is for a while, but there will be news later on it. <3

Things will hopefully be getting more on track soon, and I'll be able to balance my time better, so you'll be seein more of my crazy face.

:< So sorry guys. I meant to post about this sooner, but got way way WAY wrapped up in work. In fact, I'm at work now... and just now had a moment to realize that it's actually THE day. They all sort of run together...

Haven't had enough time to work on the chapter, and likely... won't get any time to catch up for a while. We're not quite sure what this will mean for updates this month, but as soon as we know we'll relay the information.

Again. SO ....SO VERY sorry.

I despise meeting updates, and try to avoid it if at all possible. I don't believe in missing days, and think that if planned well enough, it can be avoided. I don't like making commitments and then not keeping them. But work comes first. I hope you guys understand.

We will give you further Lock & Key updates as soon as we know them...